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Definition: Liver |
LiverNoun1. Large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes. 2. Liver of an animal used as meat. 3. A person who has a special life style; "a high liver". 4. Someone who lives in a place; "a liver in cities". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "liver" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
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Satire | LIVER, n. A large red organ thoughtfully provided by nature to be bilious with. The sentiments and emotions which every literary anatomist now knows to haunt the heart were anciently believed to infest the liver; and even Gascoygne, speaking of the emotional side of human nature, calls it "our hepaticall parte." It was at one time considered the seat of life; hence its name -- liver, the thing we live with. The liver is heaven's best gift to the goose; without it that bird would be unable to supply us with the Strasbourg pate. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Bible | Liver (Heb. kabhed, "heavy;" hence the liver, as being the heaviest of the viscera, Ex. 29:13, 22; Lev. 3:4, 1, 10, 15) was burnt upon the altar, and not used as sacrificial food. In Ezek. 21:21 there is allusion, in the statement that the king of Babylon "looked upon the liver," to one of the most ancient of all modes of divination. The first recorded instance of divination (q.v.) is that of the teraphim of Laban. By the teraphim the LXX. and Josephus understood "the liver of goats." By the "caul above the liver," in Lev. 4:9; 7:4, etc., some understand the great lobe of the liver itself. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of a disordered liver, denotes a querulous person will be your mate, and fault-finding will occupy her time, and disquiet will fill your hours. To dream of eating liver, indicates that some deceitful person has installed himself in the affection of your sweetheart. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Health | A large, glandular organ located in the upper abdomen. The liver cleanses the blood and aids in digestion by secreting bile. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The liver is an organ in vertebrates including humans. It plays a major role in metabolism and has a number of functions in the body including detoxification, glycogen storage and plasma protein synthesis. It also produces bile which is important for digestion. Medical terms related to the liver often start in hepato- or hepatic from the Greek word hepar for "liver".
The adult human liver normally weighs between 1.0 - 2.5 kilograms, and is a soft, reddish-brown "wedge-shaped" organ. It is the largest organ in the abdomen and sits immediately under the diaphragm on the right side of the upper abdomen. The gallbladder lies beneath the liver. The right kidney lies below the liver.
Human liver, view from above View from below The liver is supplied by two blood supplies - by the hepatic artery and by the portal vein. The hepatic artery normally comes off the celiac trunk. The portal vein brings venous blood from the digestive tract, so that the liver can process the nutrients and toxins extracted from food. The hepatic veins drain directly into the inferior vena cava.
The bile produced in the liver is collected in bile capillaries which merge to form bile ducts. These eventually drain into two large bile ducts which in turn merge to form the common bile duct. The bile then either drains directly into the duodenum via the common bile duct or is temporarily stored in the gallbladder via the cystic duct.
Apart from a patch where it connects to the diaphragm, the liver is covered entirely by visceral peritoneum, a thin, double-layered membrane that reduces friction against other organs. This peritoneum thickens into so-called ligaments, which hold the liver in place.
Anatomical lobes
One of these ligaments, the falciform ligament, is visible on the front (anterior side) of the liver. This divides the liver into a left anatomical lobe, and a right anatomical lobe.If the liver is flipped over, to look at it from behind (the visceral surface), there are two additional lobes between the right and left. These are the caudate lobe (the more superior), and below this the quadrate lobe.
From behind, the lobes are divided up by the ligamentum venosum and ligamentum teres (anything left of these is the left lobe), the transverse fissure (or porta hepatis) divides the caudate from the quadrate lobe, and the right sagittal fossa, which the inferior vena cava runs over, separates these two lobes from the right lobe.
Functional lobes
The blood supply does not follow the same pattern as the anatomical lobes. The left and right branches of the portal vein and hepatic artery, as well as the left and right hepatic ducts, are divided slightly differently.The functional lobes are divided along the line of the inferior vena cava. Each half is supplied by a different division of an artery. These functional lobes are further divided into segments, four on each, giving a total of eight numbered segments of the liver.
Ligaments and impressions
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Functions of the liver
The various functions of the liver are carried out by the liver cells or hepatocytes.
- produces and excretes bile required for food digestion. Some of the bile drains directly into the duodenum, some is stored in the gallbladder.
- roles in carbohydrate metabolism:
- 'gluconeogenesis' (the formation of glucose out of proteins)
- 'glycogenolysis' (the formation of glucose out of glycogen)
- 'glycogenosynthesis' (the formation of glycogen out of glucose)
- break down insulin and other hormones
- roles in lipid metabolism:
- cholesterol synthesis
- production of triglycerides
- production of coagulation factors (I (fibrinogen) III V VII IX and XI)
- neutralization of toxins, most medicinal products and hemoglobin
- conversion of ammonia into urea
- storage of a multitude of substances, including glucose in the form of glycogen, vitamin B12, iron, copper
- In the first trimester fetus, the liver is the main site of red blood cell production. By the 42nd week of gestation, the bone marrow has almost completely taken over that task.
Disorders of the liver
Many diseases of the liver are accompanied by jaundice caused by increased levels of bilirubin in the system. The bilirubin results from the breakup of the hemoglobin of dead red blood cells; normally, the liver removes bilirubin from the blood and excretes it through bile.
A number of liver function tests are available to test the proper function of the liver.
- Viral hepatitis, infections of the liver by various viruses.
- Cirrhosis is the formation of fibrous tissue in the liver, replacing dead liver cells. The death of the liver cells can for example be caused by alcoholism or other toxins, or hepatitis
- Primary biliary cirrhosis
- Hemochromatosis, a hereditary disease causing the accumulation of iron in the body, eventually leading to liver damage
- Cancer of the liver (primary hepatocellular carcinoma or cholangiocarcinoma and metastatic)
- Wilson's disease, a hereditary disease which causes the body to retain copper
Liver transplantation
Damaged livers often regenerate on their own. When they do not, the nonfunctioning liver can be surgically replaced. Livers for transplant can be taken either from new cadavers or from live donors. In the latter case, the donor has surgery to remove part of his or her liver, which is transplanted into the recipient. Normally, each half regenerates into a complete, functional liver. (There have been rare cases of the donors dying shortly after the surgery.)
Liver-like organs in other animals
Arthropods have a digestive gland that functions like a combination of the liver and the pancreas. In insects this organ is known as the fat body.
External links
- WikiLiver: A Wiki dedicated to the liver
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Liver."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| LIE | English | Liver inducibility element | Medicine |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cowardice | Coward, poltroon, dastard, sneak, recreant; dunghill cock; coistril, milksop, white liver, lily liver, nidget, one that cannot say " bo" to a goose; slink; Bob Acres, Jerry Sneak. |
Good Man | Model, paragon; (perfection); good example; hero, heroine, demigod, seraph, angel; innocent; saint; (piety); benefactor; philanthropist; Aristides; noble liver, pattern. |
Sensualist | Noun: Sybarite, voluptuary, Sardanaphalus, man of pleasure, carpet knight; epicure, epicurean, gourmet, gourmand; pig, hog; votary of Epicurus, swine of Epicurus; sensualist; Heliogabalus; free liver, hard liver; libertine; hedonist; tragalist. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Liver |
| English words defined with "liver": calf's liver, calves' liver, cancer of the liver, central veins of liver, chicken liver, cirrhosis of the liver, Cod liver ♦ fatty liver, Floating liver ♦ goose liver ♦ Hobnail liver ♦ liver cancer, liver disease, liver fluke, liver pudding, liver rot, liver sausage, Liver shark ♦ Nutmeg liver ♦ Wandering liver. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "liver": Adenoma, Liver Cell ♦ Fatty Liver, Alcoholic ♦ Liver Abscess, Amebic, Liver Circulation, Liver Cirrhosis, Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic, Liver Diseases, Alcoholic, Liver Diseases, Parasitic, Liver Enzyme Tests, Liver Failure, Acute, liver metastases, Liver Neoplasms, Liver Neoplasms, Experimental, liver scan, Liver Transplantation, Liver, Artificial ♦ Microsomes, Liver. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "liver": Livering. (references) |
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Screenplays | I'd like to eat her liver with some farver beans and a nice bottle of Chianti (Dumb and Dumber; writing credit: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, and Bennett Yellin.) Liver alone, man. Get it (Scream; writing credit: Kevin Williamson) I want liver. Meow mix, meow mix, please deliver (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery; writing credit: Mike Myers) They'll shave your liver, squeeze the jelly from your eyes (Shrek; writing credit: Ted Elliott) I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti (Silence of the Lambs; writing credit: Ted Tally) | |
Lyrics | But I'm a survivor, plus I'm liver than most (Guilty Until Proven Innocent; performing artist: Jay-Z) | |
Tongue Twisters | The crow flew over the river with a lump of raw liver. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Liver Birds (1969) Brown's German Liver Cure (1911) I Am Joe's Liver (1984) | |
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 | Pictured are various slides of woodchucks. These animals carry a Hepatitis B-like virus in their blood and are being studied to understand the link of virus to liver cancer. Post-mortem examination indicates that about 25% of the woodchucks die of liver cancer and have the virus in their blood samples. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Line drawing showing large intestine, duodenum, gall bladder, liver, bile duct, esophagus, pancreas and stomach. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Gross pathology of amebic abscess of liver. Tube of "chocolate" pus from abscess. Credit: CDC. |  | Gross autopsy specimen of liver from child who died of Reye's syndrome. Cut surface shows slight pallor due to fat accumulation in liver cells. Credit: CDC. |
 | Sorting salmon for genetic research. An eye, heart, liver, and piece of flesh was taken and preserved from each specimen. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | The introduction of toxins into the marine environment have drastic effects on the organisms that live there. The pathology of this Windowpane Flounder shows a liver nodule. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Rich sources of copper: oysters, beef or lamb liver, Brazil nuts, blackstrap molasses, cocoa, and black pepper. Good sources: lobster, nuts and sunflower seeds, green olives, and wheat bran. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. |  | Pericentral fibrosis in alcoholic liver disease. Credit: NIAA. |
 | Progression of liver injury in alcoholic fibrosis. Credit: NIAA. |  | Age-adjusted death rates of liver cirrhosis (death registration States, 1910-1932, and United States, 1933-1997. Credit: NIAA. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Horace | My liver swells with bile difficult to repress. |
J. M. Synge | Lord, confound this surly sister, blight her brow with blotch and blister, cramp her larynx, lung and liver, in her guts a galling give her. |
William James | Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He was a good liver, thirty years old, and ill preserved |
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Health | Alcoholic liver disease. (references) | |
You need a healthy liver. (references) | ||
Autoimmune hepatitis affects the liver. (references) | ||
Business | Chance of developing chronic liver diseases is higher in hepatitis C patients than hepatitis B patients. (references) | |
Other examinations, especially for high risk groups, include liver, colon-rectum and breast cancer screening. (references) | ||
Previously, the market was dominated by aloe and shark liver products, followed closely by enzyme and calcium products. (references) | ||
Economic History | Egypt | The US also dominates the beef liver and offal import market. (references) |
Malaysia | The center will cooperate with the Selayang Hospital, which specializes in renal care and liver transplants. (references) | |
Egypt | Most U.S. exports to Egypt have been frozen beef liver, with a very small quantity of high quality beef cuts. (references) | |
Human Rights | China | According to government officials, he suffered from a variety of ailments, including digestive, urinary, kidney, and liver problems. (references) |
Romania | While the forensic report indicated that cirrhosis of the liver was the cause of death, it also noted that Chifan had been struck earlier, and police had not allowed him access to medical care. (references) | |
Minorities | Liberia | Body parts most frequently removed include the heart, liver, and genitals. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | QUIVER, n. A portable sheath in which the ancient statesman and the aboriginal lawyer carried their lighter arguments. He extracted from his quiver, Did the controversial Roman, An argument well fitted To the question as submitted, Then addressed it to the liver, Of the unpersuaded foeman. Oglum P. Boomp |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Liver" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 89.06% of the time. "Liver" is used about 1,643 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 89.06% | 1,463 | 5,539 |
| Adjective (comparative) | 10.52% | 173 | 23,656 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.36% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.06% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,643 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "liver": acute yellow liver atrophy ♦ be a fast liver ♦ be a good liver ♦ Bull's liver ♦ calf's liver ♦ calves' liver ♦ cancer of the liver ♦ central veins of liver ♦ chicken liver ♦ cirrhosis of the liver ♦ cod liver ♦ cod liver oil ♦ Fast liver ♦ fatty degeneration of liver ♦ Fatty Liver ♦ fish liver oil ♦ Floating liver ♦ Free liver ♦ Good liver ♦ goose liver ♦ hard liver ♦ have a liver ♦ high liver ♦ hobnail liver ♦ hobnailed liver ♦ Liver Abscess ♦ Liver brown ♦ liver cancer ♦ liver chestnut ♦ Liver Circulation ♦ Liver Cirrhosis ♦ Liver color ♦ liver disease ♦ Liver disorders ♦ liver dumpling ♦ Liver Enzyme Tests ♦ liver extract ♦ Liver Extracts ♦ Liver Failure ♦ liver fluke ♦ Liver Glycogen ♦ liver metastases ♦ Liver Neoplasms ♦ liver of antimony ♦ Liver of sulphur ♦ liver paste ♦ Liver problems ♦ liver pudding ♦ Liver Regeneration ♦ liver rot ♦ liver sausage ♦ liver scan ♦ Liver shark ♦ liver spot ♦ Liver spots ♦ liver stone ♦ Liver Transplantation ♦ liver trouble ♦ lobe of the liver ♦ Loose liver ♦ noble liver ♦ nutmeg liver ♦ wandering liver ♦ waxy liver. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "liver": liver-and-bacon, liver-and-wine-roll, liver-bowel, liver-brown, liver-cancer-causing, Liver-colored, liver-coloured, liver-eating, liver-fluke, liver-function, Liver-grown, liver-kidney, liver-leaf, liver-marked, liver-rot, liver-spotted, liver-spotted dalmatian, liver-stage, liver-stage-specific. | |
Ending with "liver": chicken-liver, cod-liver, fish-liver, free-liver, heart-and-liver, high-liver, long-liver, loose-liver. | |
Containing "liver": chopped-chicken-liver-on-rye, Cod-liver oil, goose-liver paste, halibut-liver oil, shark-liver oil. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
liver | 1,967 | enlarged liver | 150 |
liver disease | 1,779 | liver anatomy | 130 |
liver cancer | 1,480 | liver pain | 117 |
fatty liver | 553 | liver disorder | 106 |
liver enzymes | 546 | liver cleansing | 104 |
liver damage | 483 | fatty liver disease | 102 |
cod liver oil | 372 | liver flush | 100 |
liver transplant | 350 | human liver | 94 |
liver failure | 349 | liver cancer treatment | 88 |
cirrhosis of the liver | 334 | liver health | 85 |
liver disease symptom | 279 | hemangioma liver | 83 |
liver function | 269 | high liver enzymes | 83 |
elevated liver enzymes | 264 | alcohol liver | 82 |
liver problem | 255 | american liver foundation | 81 |
liver spot | 242 | liver tumor | 76 |
liver cyst | 214 | liver test | 76 |
liver cleanse | 187 | liver detox | 72 |
liver function test | 181 | liver failure symptom | 72 |
liver cancer symptom | 165 | symptom of liver problem | 66 |
liver biopsy | 163 | picture of the liver | 64 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "liver"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | lewer (deliver, furnish, supply). (various references) | |
Albanian | qejfli (cognoscente, playful, voluptuary, voluptuous), mëlçi, banor (boarder, denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, inmate, occupant, occupier, resident, roomer, tenant). (various references) | |
Arabic | فاضل (virtuous, worthy), كبد (pain), مقيم (dweller, habitant, inhabitant, resident), العائش. (various references) | |
Bavarian | lewa. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | човек (being, bloke, bod, body, fellow, figure, guy, head, homo, human, human being, individual, Jack, Johnny, joker, Mac, man, person, piece, subject, thing, type, Wight, you), червеникавокафяв цвят (russet), черен дроб, възпаление на черния дроб. (various references) | |
Chamorro | hígadu. (various references) | |
Chinese | 肝臟 , 肝脏, 肝 . (various references) | |
Czech | játra. (various references) | |
Danish | lever. (various references) | |
Dutch | lever. (various references) | |
Esperanto | hepato. (various references) | |
Faeroese | livur. (various references) | |
Farsi | مرض کبد, ناخوشی جگر, کبد, زندگی کننده , جگرسیاه , جگر. (various references) | |
Finnish | maksa. (various references) | |
French | foie. (various references) | |
German | Leber (livers). (various references) | |
Greek | συκώτι (foie gras). (various references) | |
Hebrew | יותרת "כב" (lobe of the liver). (various references) | |
Hungarian | máj. (various references) | |
Indonesian | hati (heart). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | tinguk. (various references) | |
Irish | ae. (various references) | |
Italian | fegato (guts, pluck). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 胆 (courage, guts, pluck, spirit), 肝" , 肝" , 肝 , 肝 , レトルト食" (Lebanon, Lennon, lever, leverage, packed and sterilised food, rehabilitation, renumber, retort pack, retrospective, retrovirus, rhenium). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | レバー (lever), きも (courage, guts, pluck, spirit), か"ぞう (licorice, liquorice). (various references) | |
Korean | 간 (inter, Inter-). (various references) | |
Lombard | fidigh. (various references) | |
Malay | hati (mind). (various references) | |
Manx | aaneagh (hepatic, liverish), aane. (various references) | |
Maya | taaman. (various references) | |
Norwegian | lever. (various references) | |
Papago | nemaj. (various references) | |
Papiamen | igra, higra. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | iverlay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | fígado. (various references) | |
Romanian | ficat. (various references) | |
Romany | bookò. (various references) | |
Russian | печень печеночный, печень, печенка. (various references) | |
Scottish | grùthan , grùan, grùthan, adha, ae. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | jetra, džigerica, žitelj. (various references) | |
Spanish | hígado. (various references) | |
Sranan | lefre. (various references) | |
Swedish | lever. (various references) | |
Thai | ผู้อยู่อาศัย (dweller), ตับ. (various references) | |
Turkish | karaciğer (hepatic), karacíğer. (various references) | |
Turkmen | bagyr. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | печінка. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người sống, gan bệnh đau gan tính đa tình tính hèn nhát. (various references) | |
Welsh | iau (Jove, Jupiter, yoke), au, afu. (various references) | |
Yucatec | taaman. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | 2. har, ba. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | hepar, iecore, iecori, iecoris, iecur. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 7, Verse 23 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | H wV elafoV toxeumati peplhgwV eiV to hpar speudei de wsper orneon eiV pagida ouk eidwV oti peri yuchV trecei |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Donec transfigat sagitta iecur eius velut si avis festinet ad laqueum et nescit quia de periculo animae illius agitur |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | To the time that the arwe thirle thury his mawe. As if a brid heeye to the grene; and wot not, that of the perile of his lif me purposeth. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Till a dart striketh through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 7, Verse 23 |
| Cebuano | Hangtud nga ang usa ka udyong molagbas sa iyang atay, Ingon sa usa ka langgam nga nagdali ngadto sa lit-ag, Ug wala manghibalo nga kana alang sa iyang kinabuhi. |
| Croatian | dok mu strijela ne probije jetra, i kao ptica što ulijeæe u zamku, i ne znajuæi da æe ga to života stajati. |
| Danish | til en Pil gennemborer dens Lever, som en Fugl, der falder i Snaren, uden at vide, det gælder dens Liv. |
| Dutch | Totdat hem de pijl zijn lever doorsneed; gelijk een vogel zich haast naar den strik, en niet weet, dat dezelve tegen zijn leven is. |
| Finnish | niinkuin lintu kiiruhtaa paulaan; eikä tiennyt, että oli henkeänsä kaupalla, kunnes nuoli lävisti hänen maksansa. |
| French | Jusqu` ce qu`une flèche lui perce le foie, Comme l`oiseau qui se précipite dans le filet, Sans savoir que c`est au prix de sa vie. |
| German | bis sie ihm mit dem Pfeil die Leber spaltet; wie ein Vogel zum Strick eilt und weiß nicht, daß es ihm sein Leben gilt. |
| Haitian Creole | k'ap tann yo vin koupe tèt li, tankou zwazo k'ap mache sou pèlen san li pa konnen lavi l' an danje. |
| Hungarian | Mígnem átjárja a nyíl az õ máját. Miképen siet a madár a tõrre, és nem tudja, hogy az az õ élete ellen van. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | sebentar lagi anak panah akan menembus hatinya. Seperti burung yang terbang menuju jerat, demikianlah pemuda itu tidak menyadari bahwa nyawanya terancam. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | ke tempat anak panah makan terus di limpanya, dan seperti burung bersegera-segera mendapatkan jerat dan tiada diketahuinya bahwa disengajakannya matinya. |
| Italian | finché una freccia non gli lacera il fegato; come un uccello che si precipita nella rete e non sa che è in pericolo la sua vita. |
| Maori | A tu noa te tao ki tona ate puta rawa; rite tonu ia ki te manu e hohoro ana ki te mahanga, te mohio he matenga tera mona. |
| Norwegian | inntil pilen kløver hans lever - likesom fuglen haster til snaren og ikke vet at det gjelder dens liv. |
| Portuguese | até que uma flecha lhe atravesse o fígado, como a ave que se apressa para o laço, sem saber que está armado contra a sua vida. |
| Rumanian | ca pasqrea care dq buzna kn lay, fqrq sq wtie cq o va costa viaya, pknq ce sqgeata ki strqpunge ficatul. |
| Russian | "ПЛПМЕ УФТЕМБ ОЕ ТПОЪЙФ ЕЮЕОЙ ЕЗП; ЛБЛ ФЙЮЛБ ЛЙ"БЕФУС Ч УЙМЛЙ, Й ОЕ ЪОБЕФ, ЮФП ПОЙ--ОБ ПЗЙ'ЕМШ ЕЕ. |
| Spanish | hasta que una flecha le atraviesa el hígado; como el ave que se apresura a la red, y no sabe que le costará la vida. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "liver": liveried, liveries, liverish, liverishness, liverishnesses, livers, liverwort, liverworts, liverwurst, liverwursts, livery, liveryman, liverymen. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "liver": deliver, outdeliver, outliver, redeliver, sliver. (additional references) | |
Words containing "liver": biliverdin, biliverdins, clivers, deliverabilities, deliverability, deliverable, deliverance, deliverances, delivered, deliverer, deliverers, deliveries, delivering, delivers, delivery, deliveryman, deliverymen, nondeliveries, nondelivery, outdelivered, outdelivering, outdelivers, outlivers, postdelivery, predeliveries, predelivery, redelivered, redeliveries, redelivering, redelivers, redelivery, slivered, sliverer, sliverers, slivering, slivers, undeliverable, undelivered. (additional references) | |
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"Liver" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aiver, blipvert, cliver, Eivor, eivver, elever, fliver, Ilva, iver, ivre, ivver, jiver, lavar, Lavera, laverd, lavir, lavor, Levar, levor, levver, Libern, liberr, licer, lider, lier, liert, lieve, Lievore, lifr, liqer, lirer, Litva, liva, Livarot, livel, livem, livero, liverp, livert, livet, livey, livi, livia, livier, Livio, Liviu, livo, livor, livrer, livyer, liyer, lizer, llyfr, Loverd, luver, luvver, lviii, Lyver, viver. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "liver" (pronounced li"ver) |
| 4 | l i" v er | deliver, sliver. |
| 3 | -i" v er | downriver, giver, quiver, river, shiver, upriver. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ervil, livre, viler. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-l-r-v" | |
-1 letter: evil, lier, lire, live, riel, rile, rive, veil, vier, vile, virl. | |
-2 letters: ire, lei, lev, lie, rei, rev, vie. | |
-3 letters: el, er, li, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-l-r-v" | |
+1 letter: drivel, ervils, eviler, levier, liever, livers, livery, livier, livres, livyer, relive, revile, silver, sliver, veiler, verily, virile. | |
+2 letters: caviler, chervil, clavier, clivers, deliver, devilry, drivels, eviller, flivver, leavier, leviers, livener, liviers, livyers, nervily, overlie, overlit, prevail, ravelin, reavail, relieve, relievo, relived, relives, reviled, reviler, reviles, revisal, revival, rilievi, rilievo, rivaled, rivulet, servile, shrivel, silvern, silvers, silvery, slivers, surveil, valeric, variole, vealier, veilers, velaria, veliger, verbile, vermeil, virelai, virelay, virgule. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Translations: Ancient 15. Bible Trace 16. Abbreviations | 17. Acronyms 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Bibliography |
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